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XPERIENCE AND
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AINTING
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P
IERRE
A painting is the distillation of months of experience, synthesized into an image that is
seen in one moment. It is the journal of a profound relationship between a person and
the energies through which lives are shaped.
Birth Landscape
Silent mystery, excitement.
The eye is opening
revealing a fresh doorway
into incarnation.
The challenge of a body
beginning again.
1983,
Gouache, 21” x 28”
Painting and Movement
With each new painting, I find myself exploring a new range of movement. My body, it seems,
is far more gifted to venture into the new than are my thoughts. I trust my body because it
gives me the feedback of vitality and well-being. From this, I know that it does not lie.
The arrival of a new image in my mind's eye is always a cause for celebration. However, once
the excitement over its arrival has settled, there comes a feeling of frustration. This is the
realization that the image is beyond my present skills to render. If I wish to fully honor its
presence in my life, I must set to work to meet it as a peer. That exploration first expresses as
movement: initially incoherent motions which, when repeated, gradually gain definition until
finally they "snap in" —they become part of the repertoire of my nervous system and connect
in my awareness with already established patterns. With this breakthrough in physical
expression comes clearer vision and the ability to paint what previously seemed beyond my
means. I paint until I become "blind" again and repeat the process.
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ERSPECTIVES
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